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<h1 class="topictitle1">Step 1 Registering the GBase 8a Database</h1>
<div><p>Before the GBase 8a database backup and restoration, you must register the GBase 8a database with the <span>OceanProtect</span>.</p>
<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Prerequisites</h4><p>You need to ensure that the host where the database is located has been registered on the <span><strong>Protection</strong></span> &gt; <span><strong>Clients</strong></span> page.</p>
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<div class="section"><h4 class="sectiontitle">Procedure</h4><ol><li id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839142185__li0198134611381"><span>Choose <span class="uicontrol" id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839142185__en-us_topic_0000001839142377_uicontrol33821026133719"><b><span id="EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839142185__en-us_topic_0000001839142377_text538292610378"><strong>Protection</strong></span> &gt; Databases &gt; General Databases</b></span>.</span></li><li><span>Click <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>Register</strong></span></b></span> to register the GBase 8a database.</span><p><div class="p"><a href="#EN-US_TOPIC_0000001839142185__table613227155112">Table 1</a> lists the registration information.
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<tbody><tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="25.580000000000002%" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.2.2.1.2.2.3.1.1 "><p><span><strong>Type</strong></span></p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="74.42%" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.2.2.1.2.2.3.1.2 "><p>Database type. Currently, GBase 8a supports only <span><strong>Sharding cluster</strong></span>.</p>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="25.580000000000002%" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.2.2.1.2.2.3.1.1 "><p><span><strong>Database Name</strong></span></p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="74.42%" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.2.2.1.2.2.3.1.2 "><p>Name of the database to be protected.</p>
<p>The name must be the same as the database name in the production environment. </p>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="25.580000000000002%" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.2.2.1.2.2.3.1.1 "><p><span><strong>Hosts</strong></span></p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="74.42%" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.2.2.1.2.2.3.1.2 "><p>Host where the database resides.</p>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="25.580000000000002%" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.2.2.1.2.2.3.1.1 "><p><span><strong>Database Type</strong></span></p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="74.42%" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.2.2.1.2.2.3.1.2 "><p>Select <span class="uicontrol"><b>GBase 8a</b></span>.</p>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="25.580000000000002%" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.2.2.1.2.2.3.1.1 "><p><span><strong>Authentication Mode</strong></span></p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="74.42%" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.2.2.1.2.2.3.1.2 "><p>Select <span class="uicontrol"><b><span><strong>Database authentication</strong></span></b></span>.</p>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="25.580000000000002%" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.2.2.1.2.2.3.1.1 "><p><span><strong>Database Username</strong></span></p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="74.42%" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.2.2.1.2.2.3.1.2 "><p>Database username. The default username is <strong>gbase</strong>.</p>
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<tr><td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="25.580000000000002%" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.2.2.1.2.2.3.1.1 "><p><span><strong>Database Password</strong></span></p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="74.42%" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.2.2.1.2.2.3.1.2 "><p>Database password. The default system password is obtained from the product documentation downloaded from the GBase official website.</p>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="74.42%" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.2.2.1.2.2.3.1.2 "><p>DBA username and password.</p>
<div class="p">The format is as follows:<pre class="screen">os_username=<em>DBA username</em>,os_password=<em>DBA user password</em></pre>
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<td class="cellrowborder" valign="top" width="74.42%" headers="mcps1.3.3.2.2.2.1.2.2.3.1.2 "><p>Set parameters in some database scenarios.</p>
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